Run run run
4AM alarm... drive Oxbear to the airport for two days hanging out in New York City with B for his 40th...
Return to a still-sleeping house – amazingly – most of the time they seem to wake too early if we wake too early... it's like they can sense a shift in the force...
Several hours later as Puck leaves for another appointment with his Army National Guard recruiter Patience calls to him from the front door... “WHEN YOU'RE DONE CAN YOU GET ME GLITTER SPRINKLES?”...
Meanwhile Oxbear sends photos from breakfast and The Cloisters...
Puck returns before one o'clock with an Army National Guard t-shirt and a container of candy sprinkles for Patience... “THANK YOU!”...
Patience then gets busy with cupcake batter in the kitchen (or what I think is cupcake batter)...
...while Yali requests a viewing with me of “Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade” during lunch...
Patience pulls a pan from the oven about 45 minutes later... turns out she decided to make corn muffins topped with candy sprinkles instead... the boys are suspicious and a full plate of corn muffins is later wrapped in cellophane on the kitchen island with a hand-penned sign – “out for grabs”...
Late afternoon into night – see Mama run...
Puck to work... Yali and Patience to the park for half an hour... Yali to Slick City for a Scout den party... Patience to the studio...
Puck back from work for dinner... he walks out of his room a few minutes later for more cheesecake; “Can you get it for me?” he asks... swinging a camera tripod around the living room... // “You can't get it yourself?” // he grins... “It's too far...”
...grab Yali from Slick City... “I'll warn you...” their den leader tells me and the mom of Yali's buddy... “They had some 'older women' following them around tonight... teenage girls”... Yali and his buddy are already laughing with embarrassment... Yai is in a good mood as we leave... “See?” I tease him... “Told you the ladies would start following you around... you were kind to them right?” // he nods importantly... “And I tried to be respectful to them too”...
...we both pick up Patience from the studio... with all the info about everything always... “And guess what! 'Mar' is going to get engaged in the summer and her boyfriend is from Israel and he lives in Israel and they met at a dog park two years ago... she was teaching us instead because 'D' is in Ireland right now... and 'E' is going to be engaged soon and her engagement ring is almost ready... and we were playing 'wedding' on our breaks and this time it was a Harry Potter wedding and I made rings out of tape and next time we're going to play Beauty and the Beast and 'M' is going to be Beauty and 'A' is going to be Chip and 'B' is going to be the candle guy and I'm going to be the Beast!”
...kids finally in bed by nine-thirty...